Moon Oracle are a band from Finland that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays an archaic and eldritch mixture of black and doom metal and this is a review of their 2023 album "Ophidian Glare" which will be released in April as a joint effort between Signal Rex and Bestial Burst.
A very fast and raw sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly grim yet high pitched sounding black emtal screams while t he songs also add in a a lot of old school influences and the slower sections of t he songs also b ring in elements of doom metal.
Dark sounding melodies can also be heard in some of the riffing while synths can also be heard in certain sections of the recording. The songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with a couple of track s also adding in a brief use of spoken words as well as the solos and leads also sticking to more of an old school style when they are utilized, the closing track is also very long and epic in length and also adds in a small amount of clean playing.
On this recording Moon oracle remain to the archaic and eldritch mixture of black and doom metal that they have established on previous releases. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover the battleground between the Id and the Ego.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Moon oracle and if you are a fan of black and doom metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Numinous Gate Opens" and "Abysmal Crimson Desert". 8 out of 10.
http://moonoracle.bandcamp.com/album/ophidian-glare
facebook.com/MoonOracleFinland // moonoracle.bandcamp.com
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